Master Colours to Evoke Feelings,
Influence Clients, and
Invigorate Your Design Projects
Debbie Abercrombie’s Colour Course is a one-of-a-kind learning experience around colours, and their pivotal role in design psychology & elevating your creative & professional practice
If Debbie Abbercrombie was a colour,
She Would Be A Rainbow
- Resene Total Colour Awards Judges
“Colours are just colours — they aren’t THAT important.”
Then how do you explain rainbows, traffic lights, crayons and highlighter pens?
Colours shape the way people see the world. Using the right colour and placement of it can seriously affect and influence feelings, attention, behaviours and even buying decisions.
Even research done on Alzeimer’s patients shows that colour cues improve memory, with learners recalling images in colour more easily than images in just black and white.
Debbie Abercrombie — one of New Zealand’s foremost interior designers for residential, commercial and marine spaces — has built an entire course around colours to bring a new, unique, endlessly imaginative design perspective to her clients, whether curious design hobbyists or professionals, across Auckland.
WHAT'S INSIDE THE
Colour
Course
Colour is one of the most important elements of design. There’s a wealth of factors to consider in choosing the perfect colours for your project, no matter its size, scale or nature.
In this course, Debbie provides the best strategies in choosing the right colour palette to set the right mood for any design you’re working on.
Not only will you learn the basics of colour psychology in this course, but you will also garner a better understanding of how to manipulate all the essential elements of colours.
Here’s a glimpse of what you can learn from The Colour Course…
MODULE 1:
Colour
Manipulation
Discover the basics of colour theory, colour harmony and the psychology of colour — all essential elements to help identify your or your client’s colour preferences.
You Will Learn:
How colours interact and affect each other
How colour deceives and how you can manipulate colours effectively.
How colour is created in paint and print
How to detect and tweak hue, tints, and tones
How to use different colour combinations for your own or others' environments through experiencing first-hand what happens when pigments are mixed and how colour can be subdued
MODULE 2:
History to Colour
Forecasting Today
How do you know what colours are in fashion next season and what the future trends are in colour?
Get an understanding of historically proven rules of form and colour. You will consider colour from different cultures and belief systems, such as those of Steiner, Itten and Feng Sui. Practical, fun and inspirational sessions will help you develop colour palettes and provide you with colour organizational tools.
You Will Learn:
Colour culture
Developing colour palettes
History of colour trends
Colour forecasting
MODULE 3:
Professional & Emotional
Use Of Colour
Look at how we share ‘colour language’ whereby certain colours inspire common reactions in people. How does colour and colour psychology influence our decisions as consumers, and as colour practitioners, how can you utilize this?
This module will provide you with information and inspiration gained from the expertise insight of professionals associated with the colour design process.
You Will Learn:
Colour practitioners
Colour in marketing
Pattern and texture
MODULE 2:
Colour Schemes
Interior & Exterior
Work on colour solutions for interior and exterior projects. Learn how to use colour and tone to alter perspective and understand which colours enlarge or reduce, heighten or lower a space. You will have the opportunity to apply this knowledge to you personal colour design needs. Discover the essential elements of a colour design brief and how to respond to a brief developed by a client. Understand what types of paints are used where and why.
This module will equip you with a framework for the strategic use of colour; help you to make appropriate colour choices to recognize client’s needs and desires.
You Will Learn:
Developing interior and exterior colour schemes
Colour rendering and perspectives
Resolving a scheme
Once you’ve completed The Colour Course, expect to get all the tools you need to become a colour master - a certificate of completion from Debbie Abercombie’s official program included.
GET ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO BECOME A
Colour Master
Create Your Own Colour Palette
It’s important to decide the right colours based on your or your clients’ preference. The Colour Course will show you how to manipulate all the colour elements (hue, tone, tint, etc) to develop the perfect colour palette for your project.
Alter Perspectives & Create Different Textures
You’ll learn how to use colour and tone to alter perspective and understand which colours enlarge or reduce, heighten or lower a space. Get better insight into all the essential elements of a colour design brief to deliver the result the client wants.
Be Certified A Colour Master
Once you finished the course, you’ll receive a certification that shows you have a deep understanding of how colour works. You can add this certificate to your resumé or website to boost your credibility as a creative.
Who Is This For?
This course is ideal for interior, fashion & graphic designers, architects, painters & suppliers, and makeup artists. Basically, anyone in the industry or studying to be.
If you are doing a new home build, renovation or redecorating, this course will also be perfect for you.
BENEFITS OF TAKING
Debbie's
Colour Course
1. CREATE YOUR OWN COLOUR PALETTE
Decide the right colours based on your or your clients’ preference. The Colour Course will show you how to manipulate all the colour elements imaginable (hue, tone, tint and more) to develop the perfect colour palette for your project.
2. Alter Perspectives & Create Different Textures
Learn how to use colour and tone to alter perspectives and understand which colours enlarge or reduce, heighten or lower a space. Get better insight into all the essential elements of a colour design brief to deliver the result your client wants.
3. Be Certified As a Colour Master
Finish the course and receive a certification vouching for your deep understanding of how colour works. You can add this certificate to your resumé or website to boost your credibility as a creative or design professional.
ABOUT
Abercrombie
Before being one of the most acclaimed and acknowledged interior designers for residential, commercial, and marine space in New Zealand, Debbie started her career in the world of design as a fashion designer and a tutor on interior design at the Wellington Polytechnic.
Among the highlights of her longstanding career as a colour specialist includes earning the Resene Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 at the Resene Total Colour Awards.
Today, Debbie runs a private practice from her private home studio, bringing her strong passion for colour and unique design perspective to her clients.
“Both my husband and I found Debbie very easy to deal with. She listened to what we wanted, and nothing was too much trouble. I liked how she was able to come up with the whole package – everybody who comes around loves the result.”
- Sue McAleese, The Colour Course alumna
Ready to Become A Colour Master &
Create The Perfect Colour Combinations
For Your Design Projects?
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